830 CATALOGUE OF 



border convex, slightly oblique ; fourth inferior vein moderately re- 

 mote from the third. 



Mestleta abrupta. 



Mas. Cinereo-rufa ; caput et thorax anticus fusca; alee fascia 

 recta obliqua ferruginea extus cinereo et nigricante marginata 

 antice retracta, linea exteriore nigricante dentata albido punc~ 

 tata, punctis submarginalibus plagaque posticu nigricantibus ; 

 antica macula pallide testacea punctisque duobus albis nigro 

 marginatis subapicalibus. 



Male. Cinereous-red. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 brown. Wings with a straight oblique ferruginous band, which is 

 bordered on the outer side by a cinereous line and a blackish line, 

 and is abruptly retracted towards the costa of the fore wings, and 

 extends to the middle of the interior border of the hind wings ; an 

 exterior slight blackish whitish-pointed very dentate line; submar- 

 ginal points blackish ; a blackish patch near the interior angle; 

 under side with black marginal points. Fore wings with a pale 

 testaceous costal spot near the tip ; two elongated white black- 

 bordered points behind the spot ; under side ochraceous for half the 

 length from the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus PACIDARA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi robusti, 

 pubescentes, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes ; 

 articulus 3us fusiformis, 2i triente vix brevior. Antennae 

 validse, subserrataa, subpubescentes. Abdomen squamosum, 



alas posticas dimidio superans, penicillis duobus lateralibus duo- 

 busque apicalibus ; segmenta 4um et 5um cristata. Pedes ^alidi; 

 tibiae anteriores densissime fimbriatae ; calcaria longa. Alas longae, 

 margine exteriore subdentato ; anticae subfalcatae, dentibus duobus 

 magis determinatis ; posticae margine interiore basi subdilatato. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 stout, pubescent, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the 

 vertex ; third joint fusiform, nearly one-third of the length of the 

 second. Antennae stout, minutely serrated and pubescent. Abdo- 

 men squamous, extending for half its length beyond the hind wings, 



